EPA TRI Facility · Food
Hiland Dairy Foods Co
Springfield, MO · Parent: Prairie Farms Dairy Inc
- Total releases
- 47.1K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Hiland Dairy Foods Co: how the 47.1K lbs splits
47.1K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 47.1K lbs 100.0%
Hiland Dairy Foods Co's 47.1K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Ammonia.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Hiland Dairy Foods Co is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Springfield, MO, in the food sector. It reported 10.0K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 47.1K lbs in total across its 2020-2023 reporting years. That ranks 6,247 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Missouri's 491 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Hiland Dairy Foods Co is pounds #157 and chemical-count #285 at 47.1K lbs. Buick Mine/mill leads reported pounds (48.2M lbs) at 8 chemicals (chemical-count #66). Buzzi Unicem Usa-Cape Girardeau leads chemical count at 87 chemicals (904.5K lbs, pounds #44). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Best Block - Springfield Mo Plant; Tosca - Springfield Mo; Superior Industrial Solutions Inc.; Concrete Co of Springfield- Sherman Street. Similar-scale Food peers outside Missouri: Dold Foods Inc; Cloverland Farms Dairy; Holland Purple Cow Creamery; Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Decatur Prepared Foods. Other Prairie Farms Dairy Inc sites in this extract: Prairie Farms Dairy Inc; Prairie Farms Dairy Inc; Prairie Farms-Rockford; Hiland Dairy Foods Co LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Nitric acid.
Hiland Dairy Foods Co stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 47.1K lbs (2020–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Dold Foods Inc and Cloverland Farms Dairy.
Hiland Dairy Foods Co vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
47K lbs Top 24% higher than 76% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Hiland Dairy Foods Co: Ammonia-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Hiland Dairy Foods Co reports the 642nd-largest volume (47.1K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Missouri include Dold Foods Inc and Cloverland Farms Dairy.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Hiland Dairy Foods Co's pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Hiland Dairy Foods Co Form-R facts
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See how Hiland Dairy Foods Co stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
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Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Hiland Dairy Foods Co releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 47.1K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2020 to 2023, total releases decreased by 33% (15.0K lbs to 10.0K lbs).
Hiland Dairy Foods Co: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2020–2023
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Hiland Dairy Foods Co year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 33% from 2020 to 2023). TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production, waste handling, and reporting changes, not only with controls. Lead chemical in the extract: Ammonia.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 15.0K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 12.1K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 10.0K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 10.0K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2020–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 47.1K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
Hiland Dairy Foods Co · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Hiland Dairy Foods Co
Closest other reporters in Missouri - including Best Block - Springfield Mo Plant, Tosca - Springfield Mo, Superior Industrial Solutions Inc., ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 490 other reporting facilities in Missouri.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Missouri - e.g. Dold Foods Inc, Cloverland Farms Dairy, Holland Purple Cow Creamery.
Compare beyond Missouri
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Hiland Dairy Foods Co on cumulative reported pounds (47.1K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Mti Baths Inc., Plymouth Energy LLC, Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant - Cleary Flood Station. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
- Mti Baths Inc. Commerce, GA · Plastics and Rubber 47.1K lbs reported
- Plymouth Energy LLC Merrill, IA · Chemicals 47.1K lbs reported
- Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant - Cleary Flood Station Taunton, MA · Electric Utilities 47.2K lbs reported
- Armortex (formerly Safeguard Security Services) Schertz, TX · Textiles 47.1K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Prairie Farms Dairy Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Prairie Farms Dairy Inc, Prairie Farms Dairy Inc, Prairie Farms-Rockford.
About TRI Data
Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.
On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include Ammonia, Nitric acid; nearby reporters include Best Block - Springfield Mo Plant. Hiland Dairy Foods Co stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
Use and verify this record
This Hiland Dairy Foods Co TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Hiland Dairy Foods Co totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Springfield, MO, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2020–2023 (4 years). NAICS 311511 · Food. 0.4% of Greene TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Mti Baths Inc. (Δ 3 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Hiland Dairy Foods Co stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Ammonia. PlainEnviro renders this EPA Form-R extract from its pipeline; no figure is typed in by an editor. Corrections: editorial policy.
All federal data sources used on this page
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
- EPA TRI Program reference - how chemicals and reported releases are counted. epa.gov
- EPA Facility Registry Service - facility location and identity. epa.gov
- EPA ECHO - regulatory and compliance context. epa.gov
- EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse exposing these datasets. epa.gov